Twenty-one years of mass balance observations along the K-transect, West Greenland

A 21-yr record is presented of surface mass balance measurements along the K-transect. The series covers the period 1990–2011. Data are available at eight sites along a transect over an altitude range of 380–1850 m at approximately 67° N in West Greenland. The surface mass balance gradient is on ave...

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Published in:Earth System Science Data
Main Authors: R. S. W. van de Wal, W. Boot, C. J. P. P. Smeets, H. Snellen, M. R. van den Broeke, J. Oerlemans
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
Subjects:
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Geology
QE1-996.5
Greenland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-31-2012
https://doaj.org/article/48c819e7725b4dcca849487747659174
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Summary:A 21-yr record is presented of surface mass balance measurements along the K-transect. The series covers the period 1990–2011. Data are available at eight sites along a transect over an altitude range of 380–1850 m at approximately 67° N in West Greenland. The surface mass balance gradient is on average 3.8 × 10 −3 m w.e. m −1 , and the mean equilibrium line altitude is 1553 m a.s.l. Only the lower three sites within 10 km of the margin up to an elevation of 700 m experience a significant increasing trend in the ablation over the entire period. Data are available at: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779181 .

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